5-letter words containing r, i, t
- timur — Tamerlane.
- tiran — Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tired — having a tire or tires.
- tiree — an island off the W coast of Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides. Pop: 770 (2001). Area: 78 sq km (30 sq miles)
- tirol — an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- tiros — one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- titer — the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titre — the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- toric — noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- torii — (in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- torsi — a plural of torso.
- tragi — a fleshy prominence at the front of the external opening of the ear.
- traik — to become ill or lose one's good health.
- trail — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- train — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trait — a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature: bad traits of character.
- trali — transfusion-related acute lung injury: a potentially fatal condition that can affect a female blood donor who has been pregnant
- triac — a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- triad — a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- trial — German Der Prozess. a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka.
- trias — the Triassic period or rock system
- tribe — any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- trice — a very short time; an instant: in a trice.
- trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- tried — simple past tense and past participle of try.
- trier — a city in W Germany, on the Moselle River: extensive Roman ruins; cathedral.
- tries — plural of try.
- triff — very good indeed; terrific
- triga — a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- trigo — wheat; field of wheat.
- trike — tricycle.
- trill — to cause to flow in a thin stream.
- trime — a former silver three-cent coin of the U.S., issued from 1851 to 1873.
- trine — threefold; triple.
- trini — a native or inhabitant of Trinidad; Trinidadian
- triol — a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- tripe — the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food. Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- trite — lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter.
- troia — Troy Game, The.
- trois — the number 3.
- turin — a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).
- turki — the Turkic languages of central Asia, taken collectively.
- twire — to look at (someone or something) intently or with difficulty
- twirl — to cause to rotate rapidly; spin; revolve; whirl.
- twirp — an insignificant or despicable fellow: Her father thinks her boyfriend is just a twerp.
- urite — a segment or part of the abdomen in insects
- uteri — the enlarged, muscular, expandable portion of the oviduct in which the fertilized ovum implants and develops or rests during prenatal development; the womb of certain mammals.
- virtu — excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
- vitra — (in prescriptions) glass.
- vitry — Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1290?–1361, French music theorist, composer, and poet.